By Herp News Unless you’ve already made plans, you’re probably not going to make it to Box Turtle Day on Saturday at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. And that’s too bad. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News RIVER Murray turtle numbers are in crisis — they have experienced a 90 per cent decline in recent years and no one seems to know why. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on May 30, 2014 and cumulative Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Researchers from the University of Sussex studied and compared the social behavior of two elephant herds: one that was severely affected by 1970 and 1980 culling operations and a herd that was relatively unaffected. In their results, the researchers found that the elephant herds that had experienced culling operations exhibited signs of […]

Check out this video “Water Dragon,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Species monitoring can be a very invasive form of research. However, the use of non-invasive techniques made possible through advancements in technology has been on the rise. A new study published in Ecological Informatics examined one such technique: an innovative and inexpensive non-invasive monitoring tool, known as acoustic surveying. Go to Source […]

By Herp News Meeting to be held in New York on May 29 hosted by Needham. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Next week, the rainforests of Southeast Asia are going live. On June 2nd, 11 organizations in the region will be posting lives video, photos, and wildlife sightings over 24 hours on Facebook and Twitter (see #rainforestlive). Dubbed Rainforest: Live, the initiative hopes to raise awareness of quickly vanishing ecosystems and species. Go […]

By Herp News The apprehension of Chinese poachers in our waters by the Philippine Coast Guard occurs so often that it does not readily make headline news. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Iwan Susanto, from Tangerang in Indonesia, photographed this tree lizard as it climbed up another lizard's tail in order to get to a high branch. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Dozens of nearly complete skeletons of prehistoric marine reptiles have been uncovered near a melting glacier in southern Chile. These creatures, whose Greek name means “fish lizards,” were a group of large, fast-swimming marine reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, about 245 million to 90 million years ago. “They look a […]

By Herp News Take a look inside the mysterious world of Jekyll Island's endangered sea turtles through a program called Ride with Night Patrol. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Who wouldn’t want to see snake venom turn a dish of blood to jelly? Fortunately io9.com has you covered: See it here… …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors today announced that stockholders of its MLP closed-end funds Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. , Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. and Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Another promising step has been made toward developing a universal antidote for snakebite. The results of this pilot study revealed findings that support the team’s idea that providing fast, accessible, and easy-to-administer treatment can increase survival rates in victims of venomous snakebite. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News The RSPCA is trying to trace the owners of an iguana found wandering down a street in Cardiff. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, May 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, today announced the addition of IAVI as a distributor for its HyperSound® … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Would you find it a relaxing experience to have pythons crawl all over you? That’s the latest spa treatment at the Cebu City Zoo in the Philippines. Read about it here… …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News New Caney tow truck driver Slinky Knox got the call about 1:30 a.m. May 26, and helped Montgomery County Precinct 5 deputy constables remove an 8-foot alligator off San Jacinto River Bridge on Texas 242. He released the reptile back into the water. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News Ecuadorian scientists have discovered a gem-looking new species of shade lizard in cloudforests of northwestern Ecuador. DNA data suggest that the closest relative of the new species is a widespread species living along the Pacific lowlands in Ecuador and Colombia. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, May 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR), a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, has announced it has changed its name from Parametric Sound Corporation, … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

South Dakota’s Reptile Gardens has made the big time: The Guiness Book of World Records has named it the world’s largest collection of reptiles. From The Rapid City Journal: Years ago, Reptile Gardens Public Relations Director Johnny Brockelsby, son of the founder, sent documentation to Guinness of the more than 200 species housed at the […]

By Herp News Tropical rainforests are the most species-rich ecosystems in the world. Each square kilometer has hundreds of tree species, birds and mammals, and countless other creatures. The idea that these forests could be devoid of animal life therefore seems ludicrous. Still the disappearance of birds, mammals and other species is what is happening […]

By Herp News Is Godzilla really an “American fatty”? We asked a lizard expert about the King of Monsters' health and habits. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News A South Asian turtle famed for its polka dot skin is under growing threat of extinction as demand for it as an exotic pet booms, a wildlife monitoring group warned Friday. Hundreds of the black spotted … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Cute Frog,” submitted by kingsnake.com user PH FasDog. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Pensoft Publishers Field and laboratory work by Omar Torres-Carvajal from Museo de Zoología QCAZ, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, and his former undergraduate student Simón Lobos has resulted in the discovery of a gem-looking new species of shade lizard from the cloudforests in northwestern Ecuador . This region is part of the […]

By Herp News Researchers have discovered a colorful lizard species in the cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Meet Mr Hernandez, a jet-setting lizard who has caused quite a stir at a Suffolk animal centre. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The path to zero-deforestation appears to be paved with good intentions, but how successful are these companies in staying on that path? A controversial proposal to construct a refinery in the wildlife-rich Balikpapan Bay in Indonesian Borneo highlights the challenges faced by both palm oil companies and conservationists in the face of […]

By Herp News 2K and Turtle Rock Studios, creators of the cooperative shooter classic Left 4 Dead, today announced that their upcoming multiplayer shooter experience Evolve™ will be released globally on October 21, 2014 for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and PC. Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News Out of around 18,000 new species described and named last year, scientists have highlighted ten in an effort to raise awareness about the imperiled biodiversity around us. Each species—from a teddy-bear-like carnivore in the Andes to a microbe that survives clean rooms where spaceships are built—stands out from the crowd for one […]

By Herp News SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Turtle season is happening now.  You may be seeing more of the reptiles crossing the road over the next couple of months.  It turns out the turtle population takes a big hit from these creatures venturing onto roads. Lynn Johnson is a mother of three boys and lives in the […]

By Herp News SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Turtle season is happening now.  You may be seeing more of the reptiles crossing the road over the next couple of months.  It turns out the turtle population takes a big hit from these creatures venturing onto roads. Lynn Johnson is a mother of three boys and lives in the […]

By Herp News Tybee Island recorded its first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season Tuesday morning. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Police are looking for a man they believe stole the Fall River Public Library's turtle mascot. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The Clarion night snake, Hypsiglena unaocularis, hasn’t been spotted in 80 years. Its only known sighting, in 1936, was a single preserved specimen brought to the U.S. by naturalist William Beebe. That just changed, as the species was spotted on Mexico’s Revillagigedo Islands. From the Christian Science Monitor: The existing dead sample was assumed to […]

It just happen. I was heading to the back yard to check on Frankie and there it was. I had no idea that it would happen. It just couldn’t happen because it never happen before. I mean there he was. Frankie was sitting there eating hay. Frankie was eating hay. He was EATING hay! Hay! […]

By Herp News In Sri Lanka, an underground wildlife racket has been simmering for a while. And a recent incident has brought it to a boil. On the night of May 1st, a gang attempted to kidnap a wild elephant calf out of the Uduwalawe National Park in Sri Lanka. But tipped off by alert […]